Critic Reviews

The crude graphics are large and blocky, but the animation is smooth and the control is flawless. The 24-level challenge is immense but rarely frustrating. There are even five levels of difficulty. Don't miss the best game to come along for the 2600 in a long time!

At last!! A version of Gravitar which plays just as well as the original. Although not being a totally faithful copy, Thrust adds its own elements and comes up with one of the most addictive and playable arcade games I've played in a long time. OK, so the graphics are very basic and the sound isn't amazing, but who really cares when the game is as good as this? If you want a brilliant game at a very low price then beetle out and get this, you'll be at it all night.

Thrust is quite sophisticated for a 2600 game which makes it a challenging game for novices and a lot of fun to play over and over as you acquire the needed skills to bring Pods back to the resistance. This is a homebrew game worthy of your collection.

Yes, Thrust fails to get a megagame rating because pressing too many keys at once causes it to crash, and the high score table doesn't always work. Still, Firebird seems to like the odd bug, even in its full price releases... remember Elite? So, if you promise to be careful where you put your fingers, all I can say to you is, More thrust, Spotty!

Superior Software have come up with a winner here, the finished-appearance of the game make me wonder whether it was written for the BBC first and converted later. There is a competition for the first people to reach the end of 24 and 72 screens respectively (the top prize is £200!). Superior are soon to be moving into other formats - lets hope they don't forsake the good
old Beeb.

The terrain moves from planet surface to tricky caverns and passageways and the combination of the awkward directional controls, the system of propulsion and the Klyston Pod, which impedes the craft's progress like a ball and chain around an escaped convict's ankle, makes this one of the most infuriating games I have ever played. The question is: what should you expect for 9.95? Certainly more than Thrust has to offer!

Thrust is extremely difficult with little payoff and takes away some of the very things that made Gravitar so fun (yes, I know that Thrust is a remake of an old Commodore 64 game, which was heavily influenced by Gravitar).